Daily English - Day 11

without using your voice. Look at my mouth carefully and try to mimic the sound. Next, the V sound. Before we start, you should remember that this is a voiced sound, which means your vocal cords vibrate when you make the sound. One, put the upper back side of your bottom lip to touch the bottom of the top teeth. Step 2. Crease your lips together slightly and step 3. Make the V sound. Keep it continuous for some seconds and remember to use your voice. Listen to me carefully. To see the differences between these two sounds, the F and V sounds, let's look at some word pairs. Fan. Van. Fast. Vast. Leaf. Leave. Safe. Shave. Fairy. Very. Fine. Vine. Fist. Vest. Vowel. Alright. Now with the F sound. Repeat after me. His wife forgets to buy food for dinner. Family. Be careful with the knife and your fingers. Philip needs to drive fast to get to the office. Next, the K to get to the office. Next, the V sound. Repeat after me. Visit. Violin. Love. Very. Vowel. Vegetable. Visual. View. We'd love to have a vacation. Vanessa can play the violin very well. From my point of view, his van is not valuable enough. She vowed never to visit him again. Alright. Let's move on to some exercises. Exercise 1. Listen to the sentences and fill in the blanks. His wife will drive the van. I have five knives and four forks. Will you phone before you visit the farm? It's funny to see him working on the farm. Please forgive me for forgetting the leftover food. Exercise 2. Listen and circle the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently. Fan. Stone. Leaf. Leave. Save. Crave. Knife. Festival. Of. Friend. Family. Neighbor. Enough. Car. Law. Exercise 1. Listen to the sentences and fill in the blanks. His wife will drive the van. I have five knives and four forks. Will you phone before you visit the farm? It's funny to see him working on the farm. Please forgive me for forgetting the leftover food. Exercise 2. Listen and circle the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently. Fan. Stone. Leaf. Leave. Save. Crave. Knife. Festival. Of. Friend. Family. Neighbor. Enough. Car. Law. That's the end for today.